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Born #onthisday1785 John James Audebon #artoftheday pioneering American ornithologist naturalist & #painter renowned for his detailed illustrations of American birds in their natural habitats in his landmark The Birds of America 1 of finest ornithological works ever completed
Morning #StayAtHomeAndStaySafe ornithologists. Today's #BirdyOfTheDay is the Robert Redford of the crow family, the Jay. This Jay is called Jay, after Jay Gatsby, a fancy pants if ever there was one (as played by Robert Redford). #HateCovid19 #LoveCorvids2020
François Levaillant: Explorer, Naturalist, and Ornithologist Extraordinaire - Explorer, naturalist, and ornithologist extraordinaire François Levaillant was born on 6 August 1753 in Paramaribo ... https://t.co/1ahFptkSbB #18thcentury #18thc #Levaillant
Morning lockdown ornithologists. Today's #BirdyOfTheDay is the small but perfectly formed Goldcrest as requested by @conciselyn. It is the wee-est of all wee birds so blink & you might miss it, but once seen never forgotten. Requests welcome. xx
Morning all. For all you #UKlockdown ornithologists I've drawn a little Jenny Wren as requested by @suewalder. Look out of the window and maybe you'll see a real one. Another bird tomorrow. Requests welcome. xx #BirdyOfTheDay
Attempt at a Skarmory/Spiritomb fusion character design. Their name is The Ornithologist and they’re the big bad of my current group of OCs. #pokemon #gijinka #skarmory #spiritomb #characterdesign
On 21 February 1918, the last Carolina parakeet in captivity died at Cincinnati Zoo. The American Ornithologists' Union declared the birds #extinct in 1939. This engraving is by Mark Catesby, publ. 1731-43. More about Catesby & his legacy in our blog: https://t.co/COwiZ1d2Dy
Some Sora's sprites ! SHSL ornithologist
#danganronpa #ダンガンロンパ #originalcharacter
Birds of America 1827–1838, illustrations by John James Audubon, an American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter (1785–1851).
Ok, so, it's #BrexitDay. But we, as Europeans, still count on British birders, ornithologists, science and convervation NGOs -@_BTO,RSPB @Natures_Voice &others- as key actors in our shared goal of preserving birds&nature in our beautiful continent. Hope we'll always fly together!
January 29, 1888: English landscape painter Edward Lear dies.
Lear is better known as a writer of "nonsense verse", but his skill as an artist is impressive.
During his career, he worked for the @britishmuseum and made drawings of birds for the ornithologist John Gould. 🎨
The genus Zeledonia, containing the single species Zeledonia coronata, was named in honor of Costa Rican ornithologist José Castulo Zeledón. #SciArt by Henrik Grönvold from the "Ibis" (ser. 8, vol. 5, 1905), in #BHLib via @AMNH ➡️ https://t.co/twwYk9zBZx #HispanicHeritageMonth
#MushroomsandArtHistory: John James Audubon was likely the most famous ornithologist who has ever lived. Here is his 1831 lithograph of the buff-bellied piper (Anthus rubescens), then titled as “The Brown Titlark”. The species' diet primarily consists of arthropods, (1/2)
@W4BookFest so explored Bedford Park. Holmwood in Bedford Park was the home of Richard Bowdler Sharpe from 1879. He was ZSL #Librarian in 1867 & an ornithologist. Many of his 10 daughters worked as colourists for beautiful books about #birds & Emily Mary was an entomologist.
#illustrations by John James Audubon (American ornithologist, naturalist, and #painter, 1785 - 1851)
April 26, 1785: Artist and ornithologist John James Audubon is born.
“The worse my drawings were, the more beautiful did the originals appear.” As if anyone could ever describe an Audubon illustration as anything short of magnificent.
🎨 John James Audubon, "Blue Jays"